Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02031	A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes VVherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered. By Thomas Granger, preacher of the Word at Butterwike in East-holland, Lincolne.	Granger, Thomas, b. 1578.	1621 (1621)	STC 12178; ESTC S103385	263,009	371

signify_v order_n psal_n 110._o 4._o and_o barar_n signify_v to_o choose_v to_o purge_v to_o declare_v whereof_o come_v berurim_n choice_n man_n set_v up_o in_o dignity_n namely_o prince_n ruler_n governor_n officer_n ordain_v of_o god_n for_o peaceable_a honest_a and_o happy_a life_n which_o abuse_v themselves_o and_o their_o place_n be_v to_o man_n reason_n as_o but_o strong_a and_o more_o subtle_a beast_n prey_v upon_o the_o weak_a and_o more_o simple_a &_o harmless_a again_o they_o may_v be_v translate_v thus_o that_o they_o may_v clear_v or_o justify_v god_n and_o see_v that_o they_o themselves_o be_v beast_n and_o therefore_o vanity_n itself_o even_o out_o of_o measure_n vain_a last_o thus_o that_o god_n have_v purge_v they_o id_fw-la est_fw-la create_v they_o pure_a holy_a and_o righteous_a in_o his_o own_o image_n in_o the_o beginning_n yet_o to_o see_v to_o in_o this_o state_n of_o degeneration_n or_o corruption_n they_o be_v in_o themselves_o as_o beast_n according_o as_o he_o say_v chap._n 7._o 31._o god_n have_v make_v man_n righteous_a but_o they_o have_v seek_v out_o many_o invention_n and_o psal_n 49._o 20._o man_n that_o be_v in_o honour_n and_o understandeth_v not_o be_v like_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v which_o of_o these_o interpretation_n be_v the_o most_o genuine_a and_o natural_a i_o leave_v to_o every_o man_n judgement_n verse_n 19_o for_o that_o which_o befall_v the_o son_n of_o man_n befall_v beast_n even_o one_o thing_n befall_v they_o all_o as_o the_o one_o die_v so_o die_v the_o other_o yea_o they_o have_v all_o one_o breath_n so_o that_o a_o man_n have_v no_o pre-eminence_n above_o a_o beast_n for_o all_o be_v vanity_n the_o apt_a coherence_n of_o these_o three_o verse_n follow_v with_o the_o former_a intimate_a that_o the_o last_o interpretation_n be_v the_o most_o proper_a for_o they_o be_v a_o reason_n prove_v the_o corruption_n vanity_n vileness_n and_o misery_n of_o proud_a man_n by_o compare_v he_o to_o beast_n who_o 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